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Spectroscopy is the heart of astrophysics. How do we measure the flux of incoming light as a function of frequency/wavelength/energy? This final chapter is a very brief skim over a big subject. As in the other sections, we will concentrate on the basic principles rather than the details of instrument design.
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Lawrence, A. (2014). Spectroscopy. In: Astronomical Measurement. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39835-3_5
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